Recycle of FRP Waste as Resources

Abstract

Although material recycle is at the highest priority in the cascade of recycling, it seems difficultto develop enough applications of recycled material realizing the high performance using powdered FRP as filler. In energy recycle, it is not possible to recover large enegy used for preparing the FRP. The difficult point of chemical recycle has been the separation and purification cost of decomposition products. Newly developed glycolysis of FRP is very promising in that the decomposition products can be used as a raw material for resin production without separation of constituent chemicals, and in that the remaining glass fiber has good property applicable to reinforcement.